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F1 tornado in Wayne County, Mississippi

Tornado November 15, 2006 · Wayne County, Mississippi

Rating

16.3 mi

Whole path

200 yd

Path width

Injury

$1.9M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Jones County → Wayne County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado entered the southwest part of Wayne County from Jones County just south of US Highway 84. The tornado moved northeast causing mostly tree damage and crossed Highway 84. The tornado then crossed Harry Pippen Drive where it pushed a large tree on to a house. The tornado continued northeast over private property where it strengthened to an F1. Here it caused considerable tree damage and damaged a barn near Pleasant Grove Altair Road. The tornado crossed the road and this is where most of the damage occurred. A mobile home that was tied down was flipped and demolished. A large shed was flattened. Other homes in this area lost shingles and trees. The tornado lifted near Pleasant Grove Altair Road and Jack Fleming Road intersection.

The wider storm

Strong southerly winds developed ahead of a cold front and caused low level shear to increase across the area. This low level shear aided in the development of a couple of tornadoes.

Began near Whistler (31.7000, -88.9400).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F1 Greene County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5862. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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